San Quentin (1937 film)

San Quentin
San Quentin
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	Robert Tasker; John Bright
Screenplay by	Peter Milne; Humphrey Cobb; Charles Belden; Laird Doyle; Seton I. Miller; Tom Reed
Produced by	Jack L. Warner; Hal Wallis; Samuel Bischoff
Starring	Pat O'Brien; Humphrey Bogart; Ann Sheridan
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	William Holmes
Music by	Leo Forbstein
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 7, 1937;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$365,000 (estimated)

San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. It was shot on location at San Quentin State Prison.

Plot

Ex-Army officer Steve Jameson (Pat O' Brien), the chief guard at San Quentin State Prison, meets May Kennedy (Ann Sheridan), who works as a singer in a San Francisco night club. Joe "Red" Kennedy (Humphrey Bogart), her brother, who is on the run from the police, is arrested at the nightclub when he comes to see his sister.

Red arrives in San Quentin a few days later with another new inmate, hardened criminal "Sailor Boy" Hansen (Joe Sawyer). After a fight with Sailor in the courtyard on his first day, Jameson punishes him. May begins a romantic relationship with Jameson, and soon finds out what he couldn't tell her before: He is the yard captain of the prison, who is in charge of the prisoners.

Jameson institutes a merit system intended to separate the hapless lawbreakers from the hardened criminals. Joe is then selected by Jameson to work outside of the prison in a road camp, constructing a new road, as a step in his rehabilitation. Lieutenant Druggin (Barton MacLane), the former chief guard, resents Jameson's methods, and surreptitiously assigns Hansen also to the road camp. Hansen then makes a plan to break out of prison. At first Red refuses to join him, but changes his mind when he learns that Jameson is dating his sister.

Hansen's girlfriend (Veda Ann Borg) arrives in a car at the site where the inmates are working and asks for help with a flat tire. Hansen volunteers to change the tire, and retrieves two guns that were hidden in the tool box. He and Red take a guard hostage and flee. After a wild car pursuit, Hansen's car crashes and he dies. Red survives the crash and escapes. He makes it to May's flat, but Jameson is already there. After a short argument, Red shoots at Jameson who is slightly injured. Red flees and is shot by a police patrol, but he has enough strength to get back to the prison, where he dies in front of the gates.

Cast

Pat O'Brien as Capt. Stephen Jameson
Humphrey Bogart as Joe 'Red' Kennedy
Ann Sheridan as May Kennedy
Barton MacLane as Lt. Druggin
Joe Sawyer as 'Sailor Boy' Hansen (credited as Joseph Sawyer)
Veda Ann Borg as Helen
Archie Robbins as Mickey Callahan (credited as James Robbins)
Joe King as Warden Taylor (credited as Joseph King)
Gordon Oliver as Captain
Garry Owen as Dopey
Marc Lawrence as Venetti
Emmett Vogan as Lieutenant
William Pawley as Convict
Al Hill as Convict
Max Wagner as Prison Runner
George Lloyd as Convict
Ernie Adams as Fink
Pat Flaherty as Cop clearing May (uncredited)^[1]
Edward Keane as 2nd Detective (uncredited)^[2]

References

^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.
^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.

External links

San Quentin at IMDb
San Quentin at AllMovie
San Quentin at the TCM Movie Database
San Quentin at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.

[2] McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.

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